My first week with my new companion!!!! It was actually really hard if I am being completely honest but in a good way. There are many things that I have already learned about how to speak the language better and even just being a better missionary. Also I have absolutely no time to write this so it is going to be pretty short ahhhhh!!!!
Beautiful view found while exercising one day pt. 1
Beautiful view found while exercising one day pt. 2
Monday 6/13:
Today was pretty good! In the morning we drove to Ljubljana to meet up with all of the other missionaries and change companionships! Crazy!! It is so weird that I will no longer be with Sestra Williams for the next while. After saying goodbye to Sestra Williams (sob) we went back home with my new companion Sestra Chandler!!! WOOOOO!!! The rest of the day was pretty chill. Two of my favorite stores were having a huge sale where everything was 2 euros so we bought a bunch of clothes. The rest of the day was just filled with unpacking and organizing.
Tuesday 6/14:
We had district council today in Celje! Before district council we saw that one lady who lives by the church (the one we helped bring all of her soil to her apartment and then later the one who gave us cookies). She had two huge buckets full of blueberries. Apparently she went into the forest that morning and picked a bunch of wild blueberries for free! We asked if we could go with her next time and she said she was going tomorrow morning at 6am!! So did we go? Absolutely haha (with permission). For lunch we got burek and then ate a birthday cake to celebrate Elder Poulos' birthday that was going to be on Friday. The rest of the day was buisness buisness buisness. Oh and pictures. We took a bunch of pictures for new Facebook profiles.
Wednesday 6/15:
6am blueberry picking woooooo!! Such an adventure. We barely know this lady but she is taking us into the woods somewhere random to pick wild blueberries. We were there for literal hours. It was actually a really cool experience. There is just something about picking blueberries at 6am. 
Blueberry picking with the sunrise
The woods looked really cool and like something out of Jurassic Park haha. I kept expecting a dinosaur to jump out at any point. 
Our haul (we still have at least 3 pounds left haha)
We ended up picking at least 5 pounds of blueberries haha. We just kept going and going and going and going. Eventually we got home haha. Later on in the day, one of our members who is in charge of VISAs came and we went through the official government building and got my VISA paperwork figured out.
Thursday 6/16
Today was pretty chill too. We went and visited one of our members (the one who I gave the hearing aid batteries to and taught me how to crochet) and that was so fun. She is such a hoot. She started a pattern for me so I could make a bag. In the middle of our visit we got a nice surprise of torrential rain. She said that she could drive us back to the church because she had to get groceries anyways. Problem 1: she is deaf and fairly blind Problem 2: It is literally raining so hard that the roads are barely visible Problem 3: When I go to buckle up, I realize that there is not a working seatbelt Not so Much a Problem but Definitely Concerning 4: there is just a random microwave chilling in the seat next to me. It was definitely an interesting experience but we made it safely haha.
Then we practiced a musical number with another one of our members. He also played the soviet union anthem on the piano and then bought us kebap afterwards which was sick haha. No one came to English class because of the rain rip.
Friday 6/17:
Today we had a massive bike race going on. I am pretty sure it was an international race so lots of the roads were blocked up and there were signs everywhere. We didn't know what time they were supposed to come so we kind of just spent all day outside. We did our studies in a cute little cafe by the river. We bought some cute cake pops which tasted FIRE.
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Cake pops :)
I bought myself some more yarn so I could be like my fellow Slovene babica. We never ended up being able to see the bike race though which was sad but we did have dinner with one of our member families. That was so amazing. She made a whole bunch of food and ugh it was delightful. So so so so so so good. We also just had some really good conversations with them and I could just feel so close to them. Which honestly has been one of my biggest goals coming out here is to get closer to this one family in particular.
Saturday 6/18
In the morning we met with another ward family to set up a family history account for Mirko. That was really good and I am so glad we were able to do that for him. It was also really nice of the family to come over and help us. For lunch we met with our friends Maria and Tim (Maria is the one we made cookies with that had none of the supplies or utensils to bake). They took us out to a H E A V E N L Y chinese restaurant where we got some yummy fried rice with chicken and mongolian chicken. They even paid for our food!! And later, they even paid for our ice cream!!!! So freaking cool! We really hope to hang out with them more because they are both super awesome.
Sunday 6/19:
Happy Fathers Day to everyone who is a father! I am especially grateful for my father and the wonderful example he is to me. I love you Dad!!! Today was great! We had one of our friends come to church and he seemed pretty interested in what we had to say. He was pretty drunk though so haha we hope next time we meet he will be sober lol.
Spiritual thought:
Even though this week was really hard and I cried 4/7 days and wanted to cry/almost did cry 7/7 of the days, I know that God is molding me into who I need to be. It reminds me of this really awesome video that talks about when we feel like we are being pushed around by God and going through unnecessary trials or hardships.
It also reminds me of the scripture from the Book of Mormon in Ether 12:27
"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."
I hate being weak. That is one of the things that I struggle with, but one thing that I have learned, especially this week, is that weaknesses are given to us to help us grow and become strong. Like the scripture says, we are given weaknesses to be humble and with this humility, God will make us strong and he will make us into the potential that we are meant to be. I love you all so much!!
Ice cream count: 2 (I have been slacking lately)
Highlights:
- I tried duck for the first time - It was actually pretty good!
- I have become a crocheting expert now because of Milka - I love it
- We got slovene capri suns from the Waghorns
Slovene Caprisuns + Golden Hour
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